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Old Aug 14, 2018, 06:47 PM
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But imagine the pain a limpet feels if it is not attached.
But prying a limpet from a rock must be unimaginably painful to it.
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 06:49 PM
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My city is shrouded in smoke from wildfires. It was okay while I was at work because I couldn't really see it that much, but driving home the anxiety set in. It feels like the smoke is going to smother me. And the smell in the air. Just thinking about these fires out there somewhere and correlating it with my fire, I don't feel safe right now. I know I am safe, but I don't feel it right now. I thought about calling my therapist, but it feels silly that smoke from some forest fire is freaking me out.
Not silly your reptile brain cannot distinguish from a wildfire well out of the way or the incident you experienced. It is the same response
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 07:02 PM
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I put it on my list, actually.
It's been on mine for awhile!
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 07:18 PM
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My city is shrouded in smoke from wildfires. It was okay while I was at work because I couldn't really see it that much, but driving home the anxiety set in. It feels like the smoke is going to smother me. And the smell in the air. Just thinking about these fires out there somewhere and correlating it with my fire, I don't feel safe right now. I know I am safe, but I don't feel it right now. I thought about calling my therapist, but it feels silly that smoke from some forest fire is freaking me out.

It's not silly at all.... (((NP)))
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 07:30 PM
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It takes a certain mindset to write a prof you have never met "I can't be at the first class - will I miss anything?"
You should write back: "Yes, your graduation."
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 07:32 PM
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You should write back: "Yes, your graduation."
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 07:45 PM
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At my university, the professors are authorized to drop you from the course if you don't show up to the first class.
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 07:50 PM
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The urge to angry text the therapist feels almost irresistible. I don't know what's gotten into me or why I want to do this. Maybe it's that I've been such a coward in session lately.
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 07:52 PM
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The urge to angry text the therapist feels almost irresistible. I don't know what's gotten into me or why I want to do this. Maybe it's that I've been such a coward in session lately.
You're not a coward. Put please try your best not to angry text t.
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 07:55 PM
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The urge to angry text the therapist feels almost irresistible. I don't know what's gotten into me or why I want to do this. Maybe it's that I've been such a coward in session lately.
We've all done it. (For a certain value of "we" )
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 07:59 PM
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We've all done it. (For a certain value of "we" )
Hmph.

And I've been doing it enough for C and me both.
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 08:01 PM
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anyone else watching Americas Got Talent?
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 08:02 PM
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anyone else watching Americas Got Talent?
No, should I be? Is it any good?
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 08:06 PM
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No, should I be? Is it any good?
it depends on if you enjoy those kinds of shows. it has a bunch of basically variety acts that have to go through a series of stages to make it through to whats called the "live show" which is whats on now where they get voted on to move one.
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 08:25 PM
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Maybe it's a good idea to have two Ts.
If you have to dump one, you have a backup while you look for a replacement.
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 08:34 PM
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That seems like a rather borderline notion.
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 08:36 PM
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I have a second T I want to reach out to as soon as I have better insurance again. A male therapist this time...
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 09:01 PM
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That seems like a rather borderline notion.
Madame T would go mad with jealousy.
"You're disrespecting the therapeutic process! "
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 09:30 PM
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Why do cats insist on sitting right where I am working? Hard to type my paper with her right next to me, and while she is laying on top of my textbooks and notes. Silly kitty!!
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 09:39 PM
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Why do cats insist on sitting right where I am working? Hard to type my paper with her right next to me, and while she is laying on top of my textbooks and notes. Silly kitty!!
Couch 175: You've Got Mail....
They have attachment issues.
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 09:41 PM
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Why do cats insist on sitting right where I am working? Hard to type my paper with her right next to me, and while she is laying on top of my textbooks and notes. Silly kitty!!
Cats have ruined some great works of art by doing that.

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Old Aug 14, 2018, 09:44 PM
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Isn’t there a danger that by trying to solve this problem via therapy, you will be what you think your therapist wants you to be?

I don’t know that you need to find your true Self. I think maybe you just need to feel independent and self-confident. And the rest will follow.
I'm still thinking about this. In fact I can't get the question out of my head.

eta: although - if that were really a danger - wouldn't I have 'decided' I am a lesbian as soon as she tried to tell me I was, not that long ago? Even though I am quite sure that I am bisexual and told her so??

But... still. I think it's a good point anyway.
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 09:45 PM
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Cats have ruined some great works of art by doing that.

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hahaha!! likely true!
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 10:07 PM
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Did Piaf respond to your "I quit" email? Any apology or sign of self-awareness on her part?
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Old Aug 14, 2018, 10:13 PM
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Did Piaf respond to your "I quit" email? Any apology or sign of self-awareness on her part?
Nope. And I did actually ask for an apology. (I was pretty sure I wouldn’t get one. But if she means the stuff she’s said in session about apologizing when she screws up, she should give me one.)

I will never see a therapist who hasn’t been in therapy themselves as a real client again.
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